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episcopy

episcopy noun: supervision; superintendence.

Noun

episcopy (countable and uncountable, plural episcopies)

  1. (obsolete) Supervision; superintendence.
    • There are most weighty reasons why the Church ought to lay aside episcopacy, and return to the apostolical institution of presbyters1692, John Milton, translated by [Joseph Washington], A Defence of the People of England, […]: In Answer to Salmasius’s Defence of the King, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) Episcopacy.
    • It was the universal doctrine of the Church of God for many ages , even for fourteen Centuries of years , that Episcopy is […]Divine […]1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

episcopy meaning in Tamil

episcopy in Tamil

படங்காட்டி

Forms of episcopy

pluralepiscopies

Origin of episcopy

From Ancient Greek ἐπισκοπή (episkopḗ), from ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”). See bishop. First attested in 1642 in John Milton’s The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty.

Questions about episcopy

What does episcopy mean?
Episcopy means supervision; superintendence.
What is episcopy in Tamil?
Episcopy in Tamil is படங்காட்டி. See Episcopy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is episcopy?
Episcopy is a noun.
What is the plural of episcopy?
The plural of episcopy is episcopies.

Words near episcopy in the dictionary

  1. episcopized
  2. episcopizes
  3. episcopizing
  4. episcopolatry
  5. episcopophobia
  6. episcopy
  7. episcotister
  8. episcotisters
  9. episelenide
  10. episelenides
  11. episema

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Adapted from Wiktionary: episcopy (page history and authors); episcopy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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